Bandwidth allocation method and apparatus, user equipment, and base station

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a bandwidth allocation method and apparatus, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by user equipment, virtual bandwidth configuration information, where the virtual bandwidth configuration information is used for indicating a configuration of a virtual bandwidth; and performing, by the user equipment, signal reception and/or signal processing according to the virtual bandwidth indicated by the virtual bandwidth configuration information, where each virtual bandwidth is a part or all of a downlink maximum available bandwidth or a downlink transmission bandwidth, and the downlink maximum available bandwidth is a maximum bandwidth available for downlink transmission. In the embodiments of the present invention, reduction of overheads and reduction of complexity of signal reception and signal processing are implemented, and overheads and complexity of signal reception and processing feedback can be flexibly controlled.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 receiving at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information for at least two virtual bandwidths of a serving cell, wherein each of the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information indicates a configuration of a virtual bandwidth of the at least two virtual bandwidths; and 
 receiving first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information indicates a first virtual bandwidth for performing at least one of signal reception or signal processing, wherein the performing at least one of signal reception or signal processing comprises receiving at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); 
 wherein each of the at least two virtual bandwidths is a part or all of a downlink transmission bandwidth of the serving cell. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information are carried in higher layer signaling. 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information is carried in physical layer signaling. 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the performing the at least one of signal reception or signal processing further comprises:
 receiving resource allocation information in the first virtual bandwidth, wherein the resource allocation information indicates a resource in the first virtual bandwidth, and a quantity of physical resource blocks (PRBs) corresponding to the first virtual bandwidth is used as a maximum available quantity of PRBs for resource allocation. 
 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 4 , wherein a length of the resource allocation information is determined by a size of the first virtual bandwidth. 
     
     
       6. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information comprises size information and position information of the corresponding virtual bandwidth. 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the performing the at least one of signal reception or signal processing in the first virtual bandwidth further comprises:
 channel state information (CSI) measurement, radio resource management (RRM) measurement, CSI feedback, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, physical multicast channel (PMCH) reception, and common signal reception, and 
 wherein the common signal reception comprises at least one of: 
 physical broadcast channel (PBCH) reception, enhanced physical broadcast channel (ePBCH) reception, primary synchronization signal (PSS)/secondary synchronization signal (SSS) reception, and discovery signal reception. 
 
     
     
       8. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the CSI-RS comprises a non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS, wherein a sequence of the NZP CSI-RS is a truncation of a first sequence, and the sequence of the NZP CSI-RS corresponds to a position of the first virtual bandwidth in the downlink transmission bandwidth, and the first sequence is generated based on a preset formula. 
     
     
       9. An apparatus, comprising at least one processor coupled with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions executed by the at least one processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
 receiving at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information for at least two virtual bandwidths of a serving cell, wherein each of the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information indicates a configuration of a virtual bandwidth of the at least two virtual bandwidths; and 
 receiving first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information indicates a first virtual bandwidth for performing at least one of signal reception or signal processing, wherein the performing at least one of signal reception or signal processing comprises receiving at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); 
 wherein each of the at least two virtual bandwidths is a part or all of a downlink transmission bandwidth of the serving cell. 
 
     
     
       10. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information are carried in higher layer signaling. 
     
     
       11. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the first configuration information is carried in physical layer signaling. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the performing the at least one of signal reception or signal processing further comprises:
 receiving resource allocation information in the first virtual bandwidth, wherein the resource allocation information indicates a resource in the first virtual bandwidth, and a quantity of physical resource blocks (PRBs) corresponding to the first virtual bandwidth is used as a maximum available quantity of PRBs for resource allocation. 
 
     
     
       13. The apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein a length of the resource allocation information is determined by a size of the first virtual bandwidth. 
     
     
       14. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein each of the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information comprises size information and position information of the corresponding virtual bandwidth. 
     
     
       15. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the performing the at least one of signal reception or signal processing in the first virtual bandwidth further comprises:
 channel state information (CSI) measurement, radio resource management (RRM) measurement, CSI feedback, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, physical multicast channel (PMCH) reception, and common signal reception, and 
 wherein the common signal reception comprises at least one of: 
 physical broadcast channel (PBCH) reception, enhanced physical broadcast channel (ePBCH) reception, primary synchronization signal (PSS)/secondary synchronization signal (SSS) reception, and discovery signal reception. 
 
     
     
       16. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the CSI-RS comprises a non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS, wherein a sequence of the NZP CSI-RS is a truncation of a first sequence, and the sequence of the NZP CSI-RS corresponds to a position of the first virtual bandwidth in the downlink transmission bandwidth, and the first sequence is generated based on a preset formula. 
     
     
       17. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus to perform a method, wherein the method comprises:
 receiving at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information for at least two virtual bandwidths of a serving cell, wherein each of the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information indicates a configuration of a virtual bandwidth of the at least two virtual bandwidths; and 
 receiving first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information indicates a first virtual bandwidth for performing at least one of signal reception or signal processing, wherein the performing at least one of signal reception or signal processing comprises receiving at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); 
 wherein each of the at least two virtual bandwidths is a part or all of a downlink transmission bandwidth of the serving cell. 
 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information are carried in higher layer signaling. 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the first configuration information is carried in physical layer signaling. 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the performing the at least one of signal reception or signal processing further comprises:
 receiving resource allocation information in the first virtual bandwidth, wherein the resource allocation information indicates a resource in the first virtual bandwidth, and a quantity of physical resource blocks (PRBs) corresponding to the first virtual bandwidth is used as a maximum available quantity of PRBs for resource allocation. 
 
     
     
       21. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 20 , wherein a length of the resource allocation information is determined by a size of the first virtual bandwidth. 
     
     
       22. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein each of the at least two pieces of virtual bandwidth configuration information comprises size information and position information of the corresponding virtual bandwidth. 
     
     
       23. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the performing the at least one of signal reception or signal processing in the first virtual bandwidth further comprises:
 channel state information (CSI) measurement, radio resource management (RRM) measurement, CSI feedback, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, physical multicast channel (PMCH) reception, and common signal reception, and 
 wherein the common signal reception comprises at least one of: 
 physical broadcast channel (PBCH) reception, enhanced physical broadcast channel (ePBCH) reception, primary synchronization signal (PSS)/secondary synchronization signal (SSS) reception, and discovery signal reception. 
 
     
     
       24. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the CSI-RS comprises a non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS, wherein a sequence of the NZP CSI-RS is a truncation of a first sequence, and the sequence of the NZP CSI-RS corresponds to a position of the first virtual bandwidth in the downlink transmission bandwidth, and the first sequence is generated based on a preset formula.